Vietnam is located on the eastern edge of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It shares land borders with China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west, and has a long coastline along the South China Sea to the east
. Geographically, Vietnam stretches roughly 1,650 km (1,030 miles) from north to south and is about 50 km (31 miles) wide at its narrowest point in the central region. It covers an area of approximately 331,000 square kilometers (128,000 square miles) and has a coastline of about 3,260 to 3,444 km (2,030 to 2,140 miles)
. In summary, Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country on the eastern side of the Indochinese Peninsula, bordered by China, Laos, Cambodia, and the South China Sea.
